Remember: players don't count on either side of the formula if they don't reach FA when the new league year starts tomorrow. Anyone who's already been released doesn't count, nor does anyone released after the league year starts.

And at this point, with the Patriots down 4, they've maxed out the potential picks that could be gained unless they start signing qualified free agents. Jimmy G if he was not traded and instead signed as a qualified free agent would have easily qualified the Patriots for a 3rd rounder BUT at the cost of a lost 6th rounder. The trade value is effectively a 2018 mid-2nd (#43) and a 2019 6th (~#199) instead of 8 games in 2017 and a 2019 3rd (#97)